LEGENDTITLE

Add a title string inside a legend.

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LEGENDTITLE adds a title inside the legend axes.
LEGENDTITLE(LEGH,TITLESTR) adds the title TITLESTR to the legend LEGH
LEGENDTITLE(TITLESTR) adds the title to the current legend in the current axes.
LEGENDTITLE(...,Param,Val) sets the specified properties for the text object.
H = LEGENDTITLE(...) returns the handle for the text object used to create the title string.
By default, the legend title uses the same font as the legend, but with a bold font weight.

Example:

plot(rand(10,5))
legh = legend('Random 1','Random 2','Random 3','Random 4','Random 5');
legendtitle(legh,'Random Data')

Cite As

Steve Simon (2026). LEGENDTITLE (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/4561-legendtitle), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: Add a title to a legend

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.1

Updated license

1.0.0.0

Update to work in R14 and later.